OCTOBER II, 1923
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At Lympne : No.
14, the R.A.E.
Aero Club's
monoplane, the
"Hurricane,"
being wheeled
through a gate in
the transpor t
test.
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R.A.E AERO CLUB
LIGHT MONOPLANE
6QOcc DOUGLAS ENGINE
SPAN .... 23'- O"
LENGTH . . . I6'-O"
MAX. CHORD . 4-IO"
WING AREA .SO S^.Fr
No. 14, the R.A.E. Aero Club's Monoplane " The Hurricane." General arrangement drawings.
" Wren," and improved the morning's performance by
covering 85-9 miles per gallon. This was not, however,
sufficient to beat James's figure of 87-5 m.p.g.
Towards evening Captain Hamersley brought out the
Avro biplane (No. 11) with 500 c.c. Douglas engine, and com-
menced to try for altitude " records," for which a prize of
^100 has been offered by Sir Charles Wakefield. The machine
climbed steadily until it was a mere speck in the evening
sky.
When Hamersley landed it was found that his sealed
barograph registered 6,600 ft. This figure will probably be
corrected to something a little lower, but nevertheless the
performance was a very fine one.
During the day the two Poncelet light monoplanes arrived
and were erected. They are almost identical, and are fitted
with four-cylinder Sergant engines. No. 16 is to be piloted
by Baron de Lettenhove, and No. 21 by M. Victor Simonet.
The former machine made a short test flight in the evening.
M. Maneyrol, who is to pilot the Peyret machines, arrived
during the day, and his machine a little later, but no flights
were made during Monday.
The monoplane designed and built by members of the
Royal Aircraft Establishment Aero Club at Farnborough, and
known as the " Hurricane," was erected during Monday, but
not in time to be flown in the speed competition for the
Abdulla Prize.
The Gloucestershire Aircraft Company's " Garinet "
biplane had not yet arrived at Lympne on Monday
afternoon, but was thought to be on its way. The three
Sayers-Handley Page monoplanes were " incessantly ex-
pected," as the French say, but did not, so far as we know,
turn up on Monday.
OFFICIALS AT LYMPNE : Lord Edward Grosvenor
and Colonel Darby watching the flying.
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